Life Care Center Of Tucson is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-01-07. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (520) 575-0900 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Tucson holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.9/100, placing it #6946 of 14703 facilities nationally and #121 of 140 in Arizona. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Life Care Center Of Tucson receives a reported average of 3 hours 57 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 11 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 31 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 48.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $9,230. 16 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 76.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Tucson ranks 6946th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 121st out of 140 nursing homes. In Tucson, it ranks 19th out of 21 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,193 nationally and RN hours rank #4,867 nationally (#51 in AZ). Our composite quality score of 72.9/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Tucson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/tucson/